{"id":8412,"date":"2020-03-03T10:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T07:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:54","slug":"conservation-technology-boosted-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/03\/03\/conservation-technology-boosted-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation, Technology Boosted Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Daily\nNation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falling\nwildlife numbers are driven by causes ranging from poaching and illegal trade\nto disease, habitat destruction and other effects linked to climate change. The\nWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates the illegal wildlife trade to be worth\nabout $20 billion a year, underlining the scale of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elephant\ntusks, rhino horn and pangolin scales are among the goods predominantly trafficked\nfrom Africa with the continent\u2019s iconic species being illegally commoditised by an increasingly sophisticated poaching industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now,\nseveral African countries are not only deploying high-tech solutions but\nlooking to upgrade their tourism appeal through unique, sustainable wildlife\nexploration offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technological\ninnovation has proven a vital tool in wildlife conservation efforts. Technology\nhas enabled conservationists to better understand wildlife, as well as the\nthreats it faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kenya,\nthe Ol Pejeta conservancy, in partnership with Fauna &amp; Flora International\n(FFI), Liquid Telecom and Arm, last year launched a state-of-the-art wildlife\nprotection technology laboratory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/oped\/opinion\/Conservation--technology-boosted-tourism\/440808-5475806-ts43kaz\/index.html\">Read\nmore&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daily Nation Falling wildlife numbers are driven by causes ranging from poaching and illegal trade to disease, habitat destruction and other effects linked to climate change. The World Wildlife&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}